Device for holding or gripping dishcloths or the like



J. HANS.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING ORGRIPPING DISHCLOTHS OR THE LIKE.

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Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

/n venfo/z- UNITED STATES JOHN HANS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF THREE FOURTHS TO JOHN PHILIP PATENT OFFICE.

HAWORTH, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING R GRIPPING DISHGLOTHS OR THE LIKE.

Specification'of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed April 11, 1921. Serial No 460,474. 7

To all whom it concern Be itknown that I, JOHN HANS, a Br1t1sh subject, residing at London,England, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Holding or Gripping Dishclothsor the like, (for which I have iiled an applicatlon in Great Britain February 26, 1920,'patent not yet granted,) of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a handle of thekind in which'a dishcloth or the like is detachably gripped between two tapering jaws held together by means of a sliding rin Xcc'ording to the invention the'handle is made up of two straight sticks which taper from the jaws toward the tail end where they re enlarged to form, when assembled, a kind of knob. In contradistinction to the known devices in which the jawsare hinged. together and constrained to move in the same plane, the sticks according to the present invention are loosely held by a staple which takes into apertures in the tail end and which serves as a suspending means, the staple or the assembled knob retaining the sliding-ring permanently on the sticks.

In this manner the construction is considerably simplified and the handle is easy to keep perfectly clean.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated,

Figures 1 and 2 representing views at end of one of same, more or less tightly, and

substantially as set forth.

protruding at the end, according as it is desired to obtain a more solid and firm or loose, mop-shaped appliance. i

I The portions of the jaws which bear against the cloth or the like are beveled off so as to form rubbing surfaces. The oppo-' site ends of the two halves, when assembled, form a knob which should be large enough to retain the sliding-ring b on the holder and are provided with holes through which a staple d or the like is inserted so as to hold these endsof the device together, the arrangement being such'that the jaws can be displaced sufficiently to allow for a convenient application of the cloth. The staple cl is made large enough to serve as a suspendlng means for the holder and adapted to retain the sliding-ring on the holder if the assembled knob should not be large enough for that purpose. i I

Instead of a dishcloth 'or metal panscrubber a loofa 6, may of course be used with the holder, preferably so that both ends are clamped between the jaws while the body of the loofa surrounds the outside of one of the jaws, as shown in Fig. 3. In this manner a useful and hygienic bath-brush is obtained.

I claim A dishcloth holder of the character described comprising two straight tapering sticks, the extreme narrow end of each stick being enlarged so that both together form a knob when. assembled, a staple inserted in apertures in said knob so as to hold the sticks loosely together and serve as a suspending means, and a ring threaded on the sticks so that it can be used for clamping a dishcloth or the like between the thick ends of the sticks, the arrangement being such that the ring is permanently retained on the sticks between the thick end and the staple,

JOHN HANS. 

